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CRUCIANELLA STYLOS A. 



(Long-Styled Crucianella.') 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



TETRANDRIA MOSOGYSU. RUB1ACE/E. DEC. GALIACEiE.— LINDL. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Crucianella (Linn.) Calycis tubus ovatus, limbus nullus distinctus. Corolla tubulosa elon- 

 gata infundibuliformis 4-5-loba, lobis saepe productis in appendicem setaceam inflexam. Stamina 

 4-5 inclusa. Antherce lineares. Stylus apice summo bilobus, corollse tubo brevior. Fructus 

 bipartibflis non coronatus, mericarpiis semiovatis oblongisve indehiscentibus. Herbce interdum 

 ima basi suffrutescentes. Folia vera opposita, stipulis filiformibus 1-3 utrinque adjectis. Flo- 

 rum bractece 3, nempe 1 exterior folium caulinum reprsesentans, 2-laterales oppositaafolia 

 ramusculi fioridi referentes, omnes ovario longiores calyculum simulantes. Spicas nunc elongatse 

 subcontinuee, nunc capitatse, nunc floribus fasciculatis pedunculatis interruptae.— Decandolle, 

 Prod., vol. iv. p. 58G. 



Tube of the Calyx ovate, limb none distinct. Corolla tubulose, lengthened, funnel-shaped, 

 four to five-lobed, lobes frequently elongated into an infiexed bristly appendage. Stamens four 

 or five, concealed in the throat of the corolla. Anthers linear. Style lobed at the summit, 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. Fruit in two parts, not crowned with the calyx, each 

 part ovate or oblong, indehiscent. Herbaceous plants sometimes suffruticose at the very base. 

 True leaves opposite. Stipules filiform, from one to three added on each side. Bracts of the 

 flowers three, namely one exterior representing the stem leaf, the two side ones bearing 

 relation to the opposite leaves of the flowering branch, all longer than the ovarium, resembling a 

 double calyx. Spikes sometimes elongated and sub-continuous, sometimes in heads, and some- 

 times interrupted with pedunculate, fasciculated flowers. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 C. Stylosa ; procumbens ; foliis 8-9 lanceolatis cauleque hispidis ; capitulis terminalibus 

 pedunculatis ; floribus 5-meris ; stylo clavato longissime exserto apice brevissime bifido. 



' Procumbent ; leaves from eight to nine, lanceolate, and, together with the stem, hispid ; 

 heads of flowers terminal, pedunculate ; flowers five-parted ; style club-shaped, very longly pro- 

 truding, very shortly cleft at the apex. 



Crucianella stylosa. (Trin.) Decand. Prod., vol. iv. p. 587. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 55. 

 Descr. Stem branched, square, smoothish, procumbent. Leaves in a whorl of about eight 

 lanceolate, setosely serrated, apiculate, and having the midrib bristly like the serratures. Flowers 

 in dense heads, terminal. Corolla pink, funnel-shaped, divided into five parts, divisions acute, 

 tube slender, half an inch long. Stamens four, very short, adhering to the throat of the corolla. 



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